my class develops from plain and pure body-work / work-out exercises, through short floor- and standing combinations into more complex choreographic sequences. some of the basic principles which are constantly worked with are: finding, strengthening and shifting the center, being on and off balance, resting and exploding into space, moving expansively and taking risks. the class is very physical, energetic and athletic but it also focuses on increasing the physical awareness in order to be able to work within a frame in which one can push his individual limits but keep the body safe.
it‘s an essential part of the class to discover and make full use of the logic that underlies every movement phrase. based on that understanding i want to encourage the participants to take their own decisions, so they can find their own way of playing with quality, musicality and dynamics and strengthen their individual expression as a performer.
michael is regularly invited to give company training and to teach open contemporary classes or workshops for professionals as well as non-professionals. in addition, he has been working on numerous projects as choreographic assistant of amala dianor and emanuel gat.
his work as a teacher and rehearsal director has led him to collaborate with institutions such as ballet de lorraine, ballet national de marseille, budapest dance theatre, candoco dance company, cedar lake contemporary ballet, cie. amala dianor, dock 11, jin xing dance theatre, k3 hamburg, landestheater linz, michaeldouglas kollektiv, montpellier danse, polish national ballet, potsdamer tanztage, prix de lausanne, pvc tanz freiburg heidelberg, tanz im august, tanzfabrik berlin, tanzhaus nrw, tanzlabor 21, tanzprobebuehne marameo, unterwegstheater heidelberg and va woelfl’s neuer tanz.
if you wanna find out about upcoming dates please check the calendar section. for booking requests please contact info@mlcontemporary.com
